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Office
CPMC Van Ness Campus
1101 Van Ness Ave, 5th floor
San Francisco, CA 94109Phone+1 415-600-6500
Summary
- I am a board-certified Cardiac Electrophysiologist, and the Jim and Carol White Chair in Cardiovascular Research. I work as the Chief Medical Director for Research at Sutter Health, and the Department Head of Cardiac Electrophysiology for California Pacific Medical Center and the greater SF market.
Education & Training
- University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2012 - 2014
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2008 - 2012
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 2006 - 2009
- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 2006
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2007 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Cardiology
- National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Cardiovascular Disease
- National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Electrophysiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Castle Connolly Top Doctors 2022
- Innovation Award, Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Palo Alto Medical Foundation, 2016
- The Don and Sue Pritzker Fund Fellow Award Stanford University, 2011-2012
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Clinical Trials
- The FARAPULSE ADVENT PIVOTAL Trial PFA System vs SOC Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Start of enrollment: 2021 Mar 01
- Comparison of Anticoagulation With Left Atrial Appendage Closure After AF Ablation Start of enrollment: 2019 May 20
- Assessment of Safety and Effectiveness in Treatment Management of Atrial Fibrillation With the BWI IRE Ablation System Start of enrollment: 2022 Apr 18
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 119 citationsPulsed Field or Conventional Thermal Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.Vivek Y Reddy, Edward P Gerstenfeld, Andrea Natale, William Whang, Frank A Cuoco
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2023-11-02 - 81 citationsAtrial fibrillation therapy now and in the future: drugs, biologicals, and ablation.Christopher E. Woods, Jeffrey E. Olgin
Circulation Research. 2014-04-25 - 15 citationsCorrelation between sinus rhythm deceleration zones and critical sites for localized reentrant atrial flutter: A retrospective multicenter analysis.Christopher E Woods, Amir A Schricker, Hemal Nayak, Ramesh Hariharan, Brady Stevens
Heart Rhythm O2. 2022-06-01
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